Harness the power of these nutritious, delicious little yellow nuts

Eating just four dry roasted cashew nuts every day can have an incredible effect on your body. Yes, you heard correctly, just four little nuts a day.

Cashew nuts are a great source of copper and antioxidants that are both beneficial for your skin. Antioxidants have been known to reduce the signs of ageing, and copper, along with other enzymes, produces the collagen that is responsible for increasing the elasticity of your skin.

Those four nuts provide about 30% of the daily value required of copper and 20% of magnesium. Copper supports the development of your bones and connective tissue, while magnesium helps your body absorb calcium and reduces the risk of developing osteoporosis. The benefits are immense considering the little effort it requires.

This month, we put our Goodness Foods Dry-Roasted Cashew Nuts to the test in these wonderful recipes from across the World Wide Web.

The nutrient rich and delicious fudge vegan chocolate cake comes courtesy of Choclette at www.tinandthyme.uk, and we just love Alison Andrews’ from www.lovingitvegan.com homemade nut butter.

Give them a go and load up on dry roasted nutty cashew goodness.

You'll only need around an hour to whip up this Vegan cashew chocolate banana cake and take it from us, you won't regret it.

Nutritional info

Calories: 318kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 31mg | Potassium: 364mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 13IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 81mg | Iron: 2mg

Two-ingredient cashew butter

It takes 10 minutes to prep, 10 minutes to make and yields 24 servings. All you need is 450g of dry roasted cashew nuts and 2 tablespoons of coconut oil, melted.

1. Put the dry-roasted cashew nuts in a food processor and blitz. It will start off crumbly then will start to clump and stick to the sides. Stop the food processor and scrape down the sides and then start it up again.
2. While the machine is running, pour in the melted coconut oil. Keep processing until it reaches a smooth, creamy cashew butter consistency.
3. If you only have raw cashew nuts then it will be best to roast them first. Place the cashews in a single layer on a baking sheet and roast them at 180°C for around 10-12 minutes until nicely roasted. Keep a watch on them so they don’t burn. Now you can follow the recipe above.

Nutritional info

Serving: 1 tablespoon | Calories: 117kcal | Carbohydrates: 6.1g | Protein: 2.8g | Fat: 9.8g | Saturated Fat: 2.6g | Sodium: 120mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 0.9g